Description of the attraction
For more than half a century, the Majorelle Garden has been a unique business card of Marrakech. This small garden receives over half a million visitors annually. The creator of this amazing garden was the French artist Jacques Majorelle, who was also a passionate botanist and plant collector. Having visited Morocco for the first time in 1919, the Frenchman was so sincerely captivated by the beauty of this country that he decided to purchase a plot here, where he soon built a house and planted a garden.
Thanks to his excellent knowledge of exotic plants, Jacques Majorelle was able to collect in his garden an amazing collection of representatives of flora from all continents of the globe. From all his many travels, he brought new plants, which he carefully planted on the site. In 1947 the garden received its first visitors.
After the death of Majorelle in 1962, the garden gradually began to decline, and there were even proposals to demolish it. Fortunately, the entire territory was bought by the famous French couturier Yves Saint Laurent, who not only saved Majorelle's creation, but restored and improved it.
And today, many visitors can see more than 350 species of unique plants and flowers in the Majorelle garden. Here you will find a magnificent collection of North American and Mexican cacti, various palms and bamboos, Asian lotuses and many other amazing plants. At the entrance to the garden, there is a beautiful fountain, from which stretches a small shady bamboo alley with cozy benches for rest. On the main alley that leads to the house, there is a long pond and a small gazebo immersed in greenery, made in a traditional Moroccan style.
Today, Jacques Majorelle's old studio, painted in bright blue, houses the Museum of Islamic Art. Here, in addition to wonderful works of Islamic art, there are also unique watercolors by the French artist dedicated to Moroccan nature, and the private collections of Yves Saint Laurent.
